Assemblymember Sade Elhawary — an educator, organizer, and lifelong advocate for social justice — represents California’s 57th Assembly District, representing communities in Los Angeles like Exposition Park, South L.A., and Downtown.
A daughter of Egyptian and Guatemalan immigrants, she grew up in Los Angeles and spent more than a decade at Community Coalition, where she was mentored by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and L.A. Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson and helped to train the next generation of youth leaders.
Elhawary helped found the Nelson Mandela School for Social Justice, shaping its curriculum and first graduating class, and has dedicated her career to improving outcomes for women and young people of color while strengthening Black–Brown solidarity. A UCLA graduate with a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education,she now lives in South Los Angeles with her foster daughter, Makailah…